Title: Fun with python
Date: 2012-11-15 11:51

What does this snippet print ?

    :::python
    def my_function():
        try:
            return 1/0
        except Exception:
            return "Exception"
        finally:
            return "Finally"

    print my_function()

Result:

    :::bash
    $ python snippet.py
    finally

This black magic is [explained][]in the documentation:

> When return passes control out of a try statement with a finally
> clause, that finally clause is executed before really leaving the
> function.

You can know ask this uncomfortable questions to your favorite python
developer :)

  [explained]: http://docs.python.org/2/reference/simple_stmts.html#return